Exercise is weird that way for me, too. On the one hand, it's a lot of energy to have to rouse up and expend. On the other hand, there are parts of me that want to do that, and like to do that, and make me get up to do it again later.

The longer I wait between sessions, though, the harder it gets to rouse up that energy again.

The more effective than a handful of prozac is why I exercise 5 days a week.

But I have to admit that my favorite walking is at lunch with my friend. We walk for 30 minutes (we're finally back on schedule after a year and a half off for her getting pregnant and pregnancy) and although the 30 minutes (~3500 steps) is good, even better is just being able to talk for 30 minutes.

I love my heavy bag...we bought it under the premise that it was for Hubby and Munch to practice their kicks for judo....but i really bought it for me. It is very theraputic.(and almost the only "exercise" that i do). I have a stand up/ off load trucks kind of job..and so at the end of the day..i don't do any other exercise. It wasn't always like that...and i keep vowing that i will change it...not today though..and probably not tomorrow either. At least I am honest!

I'm not too fond of exercise either, which is patently obvious to anyone who meets me (I'm not exactly on the...petite side). However, while I do find I feel better when I do exercise, I'm annoyed that I don't have the stamina I used to have, even when I weighed more. That seems to be due to my asthma, which seemed to crop up last year and isn't quite as under control as I would like it to be. As a result I'm tired almost all the damn time because I'm not yet getting all the oxygen I need (L.A. air doesn't help much in that regard either).

Right now my doctor and I are currently testing different medications to see which one will work best - hopefully the Advair I'll be picking up this week will enable me to breathe both during the day and at night. Which will get more oxygen into me. Which will make me more energetic. Which will make me feel like really working out.

At least I still walk a fair amount during the day and my apartment is up a flight of stairs, so I'm not totally slothful. And I'm checking out different types of exercise that won't be too hard on my poor widdle wungs.

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I am a Hot Chick living in Castle Rock, CO with my fabulous family. We have a rescue dog named "Jackson," and she's a Basenji/Shepherd mix. She's something of a head case, but we love her. I'm a U.S. Navy vet, and I currently work as an Enterprise Solutions Architect, specializing in VoIP and multimedia contact center design. I care about social justice, libraries, science, the U.S. Constitution and the military. I'm a tax and spend liberal in a largely red county, but I try not to be stabby about it. I have a little resale side business called "Alastrina Enterprises." Stupidity, cupidity and wanton assholery piss me off, and I'm more than a little soft when it comes to dogs and those who serve others. I blog about whatever I feel like. I use foul language, so if that sort of thing offends you, feel free to fuck off now - if I'm unwilling to clean up my language for my fabulous Great Auntie Margie, I'm unlikely to do so for you. Newcomers are welcome here, especially those who disagree with me, but trolling and spamming will be met with the Shovel of Doom™.